Following the publication of the news that Justin Doellman has agreed to be part of the National Team of Kosovo, media reactions have been many and various.
The biggest sports media in Spain, including El Mundo Deportivo, Sport.es and Diario AS have published this news, with details on the meeting that took place on Barcelona between the heads of the Kosovo Basketball Federation and Doellman.
Doellman joining the National Team of Kosovo was also published in eurobasket, sportando and talkbasket, and was broadcasted in Portugal, Estonia, Finland and many other countries in Europe, while the biggest attention about this news was given by the sports media in the region.
Slovenian media, one of Kosovo’s opponents in qualifiers stated that Doellman has a great experience in European basketball and will be a big reinforcement to the National Team of Kosovo, while Slobodna Bosna wrote "This is serious: Barcelona's Star will play for Kosovo ".
Serbian media have reported the news while making resentment comments that have nothing to do with basketball and sports.
The Doellman news puts Kosovo NT in the focus of the international sports media for the first time and makes it a media topic in Europe.
President of KBF, Erolld Belegu, stated: “We were expecting to arouse curiosity with this news but this went beyond our expectations. This was the crowning of a long and hard work that we have done in KBF, with the initiative of the President of BC Sigal Prishtina, Blerand Stavileci, whom I thank and this shows just how good relationships between the head of KBF and Kosovo clubs are".
KBF is now waiting for the Presidency of Kosovo to complete all procedures and give Justin Doellman Kosovo citizenship and passport.